Akdere is a village in the Ardeşen District, Rize Province, in Black Sea Region of Turkey.Köy , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its population is 154 (2021).
Old name of the village was Hocibadi.İrfan Aleksiva - İsmail Bucaklişi, Svacoxo - Laz Yer Adları Sözlüğü, İstanbul, 2009, s. 27, ISBN 978-605-89094-0-3 Hocibadi (ხოჯიბადი) means "old ox" in Laz language. "Hoci" (ხოჯი) means ox and "badi" (ბადი) means old.
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